South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-07-29

ss ten pscss. The gun has no rscoi
under DIRE end the powder eives on
no snoks whatever. The Esbol gu
10. OF course. q repeater. and The car
tr'dses are % susli that each so'die
carries go roasds OF ammuui,ion. a
against lilo rounds. formerly cous:d
! cred the msximun.
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FoRnsRLY under the republican 70
gims, The foremcn II the navy yart
~ Washington, not content With hav
ing Democrats discharged from III.
shops. would follow them after ieav.
ing government employ and have
them dismissed from private employ,
ment On acoouut OF their politics. I,
woald have been reasonable 70 sup
poss that this sort Of thing would
have been done away Wtth upon the
advent to power Of Democratic I'D /.
ministration; but it seems ~ though
there has been but little diminuti ion
OF the p resolutions to which demo.
cratic employees are subjected. aud all
sorts Of intrigue and scheming and
petty harassing are still empl Dyed
against them by republican foremen
to reflect upon the character Of their
work and j,Opar lize their positions.
Not only the politics. but even the
religion. Of an applicant must be
known before he can secure employ .
ment 10 the yard; and il he happen
to be . democrat. his situation is
made as unpleasant as possible. The
higher democratic officials have evi.
IDENTITY forgotten that patience some
times ceases to bs Q virtue.
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1T may be of interest TO see what
armies are maintained and at what
cost by the leading countries OF Eu-
rope - in comparison with our own.
The following table gives the number
OF soldiers actually In service and the
number tina! can be called out In time
of var. Comparison OF the soldiers
with the population show that In the
event OF war almost every man In the
country can be called into service:
Regular War Annual
Countries. army. footing cost.
Austr. Hungsry2s4, OIL lots, 99z $40, lag, 2l6
France b2s. 269 asa, l64 l2I, o6l, 600
Germany 445. 401 ,4s3, ;O4 "a ,9es, lac
Great Britain isl ,9Ti 84l,763 90, sol ,43o
British India 100, 476 $50. 600 ~ DOL ,2JO
italy 7s0, 7s5 I,9sS.6ls 4i.oss,6ii
Russia 7s0. 0Si 3,300, 900 las, sos. 81
! Spain l53,S95 400. 900 "a b24. AIS
Turkey l6O,ll6 lIO.2o0 23.sA4 .Q5%
The cost Of supporting these huge
standing armies looks frightiuily
large. but 1t may surprise many read
ers TO be informed of the fact tha, by
the end of this year the American
pension list will call for so millions
or more money than Germany pays
out for the maintenance of her stand.
ing army Of half million OF men.
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TIE United States geological sur
vey has just issued q statement from
which it appears that the total value
OF the mineral prodnots Of the coun
try increased from $42s. 600, 900 in
1885 to $465 600. 900 In 1886. The
total production OF petroleum wa.
%, ll0.il5 barrels. OF ~ gallons each
valued at 500 or, 45s. Increase over
1880. 6,26s,O74 barrels.
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TIE Ohio Democratic Safe Con.
ventinn nominated Hon. Thorn as f.
Powell for Governor. He served fou,
months in the Union army during th,
late war, Is lawyer by profession
and has never held any Office excep
that OF chairman Of the State demo
cratic committee.
HON. A. NJ. JoNEs, chair nan OF IL ,
Illinois republican State committee
is opposed to the denomination O
Blaine, and says that is the republic
can sentiment all over Hin Die, Indi
ana. Iowa and Wisconsin.
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THE East Tennessee, Georgia and
Virginia Railroad company are nov
using q device that consumes th,
smoke from engines.
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Ex-Gov. Ale 'RN,of Mississippi, We,
rotten. legged at Cleveland. Tennessee
one evening last week whilst making
Q prohibition speech.
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